Koimoi’s Audience Poll: From Sacred Games To Mirzapur; Chose Your Favorite Web Series Of 2018

Koimoi’s Audience Poll: Yes, the scenario, as far as movies are concerned, was pretty amazing in Bollywood. But the digital space, too, touched new heights in 2018. From Sacred Games to Mirzapur, we saw stars stepping their foot in a new direction and towards what probably is the future of the digital arena.

Let’s take a look at a few of the best web series of 2018 and you choose which your favourite from the list remained. Don’t forget to vote in the poll below the mentioned nominees.

1. Sacred Games (Netflix)

Sartaj Singh (Saif Ali Khan) is an apathetic yet honest policeman who is burdened under the great shadow of his deceased father, who was known for his integrity and morality in the same field. One night he gets a call from Ganesh Gaitonde (Nawazuddin Siddiqui) who warns him to save Mumbai else the city will go to dust in 25 days. Anurag Kashyap has achieved Nirvana with Sacred Games. To attain Nirvana one has to follow some simple steps and Kashyap has accomplished every one of them. The first step is – have a right view – the idea of adapting the 2006 novel to celluloid to be helmed by someone like Kashyap and Vikramaditya Motwane was the start of an enchanting vision that’s finally in front of us.

2. Mirzapur (Amazon Prime Video)

Mirzapur is the city where people talk with guns more than words! Akhananda Tripathi aka Kaleen Bhaiya (Pankaj Tripathi) is the ‘don’ or as they say baahubali of Mirzapur. Dealing in homespun guns & drugs, Kaleen Bhaiya is the Godfather of his people. All starts in an unknown wedding where Munna fires the groom, unknowingly and the case to investigate this goes to Ramakant (Rajesh Tailang). This is not a brilliantly written show (as far as dialogues are concerned), it has its fair share of flaws but also has things that keep the viewers intrigued. It follows a similar template as every mafia movie/show having a powerful goon, a wayward son, a couple of lead heroes admiring the wild-cats, a rebel (lawyer, here), an influential politician and few more than hundred other characters. What makes it different is the portion of entertainment and thrills attached with every episode.

3. Ghoul (Netflix)

Written and directed by Patrick Graham, this miniseries comes packed with a little bit of every sub-genre of horror from thriller to slasher. It’s set in near dystopian future when sectarian violence has reached a crisis point, secret detention centres have been established & a military clampdown is in effect. This is when a shining officer of NPS, a paramilitary force, Nida Rahim (Radhika Apte) gives in her father because she has doubts about his loyalty towards the country.